LIBERTY NAT. LIFE INS. CO. v. ESTER

1021395.

880 So.2d 1112 (2003)

LIBERTY NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and Chris Reese v. Willie ESTER and Dorothy Ester.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

October 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Burnett Smith of Bradley Arant Rose & White, LLP, Huntsville; and Laurie K. Pratt-Johns, Tuscaloosa, for appellants.

C. Harry Green, Hamilton, for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

The sole issue presented in this arbitration case is whether an insurance carrier can enforce an arbitration provision included in an insurance policy in light of the plaintiffs' claim of fraud in the inducement as to both the policy and the arbitration provision.

The trial judge refused to compel arbitration, finding that the transaction evidenced by the policy did not substantially affect interstate...

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